Cyber Security Researcher Salary in 2021

💰 The median Cyber Security Researcher Salary in 2021 is USD 125,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 7 individual salaries reported during 2021

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The average Cyber Security Researcher salary lies between USD 58,390 and USD 200,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Cyber Security Researcher
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2021
Sample size
7
Top 10%
$ 275,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 125,000
Bottom 25%
$ 58,390
Bottom 10%
$ 20,285

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security Researcher roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security Researcher job listings are Threat intelligence, Malware and C. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2021 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Threat intelligence | 2 jobs Malware | 2 jobs C | 2 jobs Python | 2 jobs Windows | 2 jobs PowerShell | 2 jobs Bash | 2 jobs APT | 2 jobs APIs | 2 jobs Snort | 2 jobs Computer Science | 2 jobs AWS | 1 jobs Splunk | 1 jobs Java | 1 jobs TCP/IP | 1 jobs Cyber Kill Chain | 1 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 1 jobs Scripting | 1 jobs Ghidra | 1 jobs OllyDbg | 1 jobs

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